Google swears the social-networking platform isn't meant to compete with Facebook, but features like video chat and "social circles" sure look to us like an effort to pull folks away.

We also break down some of the fallout from the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling this week that California's violent video-game law is unconstitutional. The court ruled that, while intended to protect children, the law must provide the same First Amendment protection to games as to other forms of art.